The Land and Freshwater Shells of the British IslesDavid Bogue, 1880 - 208 pages |
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The Land and Freshwater Shells of the British Isles: With Illustrations of ... Rimmer Richard No preview available - 2016 |
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angulated animal apex obtuse B.C. Near Birmingham base beaks bivalve body whorl occupying Britain brown brownish bulbs Church Stretton close-set cloth colour compressed Conchology conical convex crawling Crown 8vo curved cylindrical dark DAVID BOGUE Demy 8vo denticle dextral diverging DRAPARNAUD Edition eggs elongated epidermis thin epiphragm Fcap folds foot genus globular glossy grey greyish Gwyn Jeffreys Helix Illustrated indistinct inner lip keeled last species line of growth lingual ribbon LINNÉ lower pair mantle molluscs moss MÜLLER narrow nearly numerous oblique oblong operculum outer lip outer lip thin oval ovoviviparous pale penultimate whorl periphery rounded peristome Planorbis posterior side rounded in front semitransparent shagreened shell Sherriff Tye slaty-grey slender slightly reflected slime smaller specimens spiral spire spire short stones striæ striate suture suture deep suture deepish Swansea swollen tail teeth Tenby tentacles thick thickish tinged transparent transverse tubercles umbilicus univalve upper pair usually valve whitish wrinkled
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